Thank you, Carol. But it took me five tries before I got it right. Bit of a learning curve, I'd say.

If that had happened to me I'd probably still be in jail. No way would I have put up with that disgraceful humiliation.

Want to make "Amerika" great again? Stop letting the terrorists and the spineless politicians who enable them change your way of life! U.S. citizens used to be made of better stuff.

I wonder who put you on a watch list? The Freedom of Information Act is your friend.

Just a question, Has anyone ever gotten the SSSS on a boarding pass printed out at home?

Our daughter did, just after 9-11-2001. She was in Michigan visiting us on 9-11 and was scheduled to return to AZ the next day. Since flights had been grounded, she couldn't get out until the 14th and apparently because she had been rescheduled she had a red folder-wielding pre-TSA friend waiting for her and she got the treatment that Curly described. For at least three years thereafter she always got pulled aside for closer scrutiny whenever.wherever she flew.

We are both in Global Entry but from what I read that's no guarantee of clear sailing.

Never mind, I just read that anyone on the SSSS list cannot print their boarding passes at home or use a kiosk to check in, they must go to a check in counter.

Guess we're not on the list.

"As much as I can understand the inconvenience of being searched, I don't get your uproar about it."

I don't care that you don't get it. I care that in the eyes of the government, down here, the citizens are now to be considered the bad guys. Guilty until proven innocent and all that.

There are two missions close by. The one in town was the first mission on Baja. I believe they call it the Head and the Mother of the Baja missions. The one up in the mountains is a great visit, and trip. About an hour-thirty from Loreto Bay and you'd better have a 4WD vehicle.

I liked Loreto proper but there are many ex-pats around. The people I was staying with tend to congregate in the places where the ex-pats congregate. Again, nothing wrong with that, I just prefer a more down home kind of place, one where I can put my Spanglish to good use.

As I say, I had a great time (until LAX) and would/will return.

Agent said it was random. I pointed out it was twice in a row. She said I would have to speak with the airline. I did. They said it wasn't them. It was probably Zihuatanejo.

Third time (in a row), I considered it NOT random and again asked why. This time I was told I probably had the same name as someone on a Watch List. I asked him to look at my name. Anyone who knows my full name knows no one else in the entire universe has the same name as I do.

Let me point out that we are not brand loyal flyers. This happened on United, American and Aeromexico. And getting the dreaded SSSS in Zihuatanejo also means no Pre-Check on connecting flights. Also, SSSS did not come up on any other domestic or trans Atlantic flights we took.

After, as I recall, the fifth time, I filed Redress application with TSA. They investigated my request. After a few weeks, I got a note back from TSA telling me they investigated. They are not allowed to tell me what they found (or did not find) when they investigated. But they gave me a Redress Number to use. I used it the next time and didn't get pulled out. I have not used it again.

What if anything my contact with TSA did to resolve whatever the issue was, I'll never know but it seems done.

As an aside. On our last go-round with SSSS, my carry-on was a very fragile Katrina we bought in Calupa and I carried very carefully on the bus to Zihuatanejo. The Katrina was wrapped in about two rolls of toilet paper and taped into a makeshift box. I saw the SSSS andI was very upset about the prospect of having the whole thing unwrapped. Then it occurred to us: Just switch carry-ons. So we did. I took his carry-on, he took the Katrina and got on the plane. My bag was on the plane. His bag was searched. So much for security.

Mr. Olsen. You seem to forget whose message board this is! If you don't want to read Rob's Rant, then DON'T!!

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Sorry to hear your wife got the special treatment. It's precisely that kind of humiliating treatment that will keep me from flying to the USA. You can have it. I enjoy my freedom and my dignity too much to put up with that silliness or to allow my loved ones to be treated as criminals and humiliated.

Blah, blah Rob. Some of us have family in the states and fly back and forth. Some (the tourists you seem to want to read your board and come to Zihuatanejo don't need to read that crap from you because they will fly to and from) Get over yourself.